Incorrect user locations & country flags associated with IPs

[ryehamstrawberry]

Incorrect locations and country flags are not being displayed accurately, as I've noticed some US IP addresses are being associated with erroneous countries and flags (example: US IP range being represented as Brazil).

I assume whatever IP database AirDC++ uses to determine user location needs to be updated.

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AirDC++ v4.11/4.12b

[Sopor]

You need to contact https://db-ip.com.

This is a free service and it is only updated once every month and it also have reduced coverage and accuracy.

Latest update was March 3rd 2023, so maybe next time AirDC updates the database it will show the correct information 🙂

[ryehamstrawberry]

For what it's worth, db-ip.com is correctly displaying the correct locations for the IPs in question, but AirDC++ seems not to be mirroring them (I assume due to using an old database).

If AirDC++ uses db-ip.com's database, then including the latest IP db in future updates should resolve the disparities I've noticed in recent IPs not matching locations/flags.

[maksis]

I've updated the country database on the server. Just delete your current IP database file and restart the client and it will be downloaded.

[ryehamstrawberry]

If there a way for you to force clients to update their database files?

Most users will not know how to manually update this file themselves.

[maksis]

The client will sync the database automatically every 3 months so there's generally no urgent need for users to update it manually (but it can be done with the steps above if you don't want to wait)

[ryehamstrawberry]

I have asked several users to confirm whether or not their countries db has been updated after upgrading to the newest version of AirDC++ v4.20.

It seems users are still utilizing their old countries db even after upgrading. I'm not sure if this is intentional behavior or not, but I wanted to report it in case the upgrade should have forced an update to the countries db too.

[maksis]

The client will sync the database automatically every 3 months regardless of the upgrades

[ryehamstrawberry]

The client will sync the database automatically every 3 months regardless of the upgrades

Thanks! Good work on the update, appreciate your time and effort.